What's in a pronoun?
So, I was asked by one of the transgendered what my "pronoun" was, while setting up a game. That one caught me by surprise. I had assumed that sie would defer to me as being male. I was after all, bearded and 'stached and in male clothing. I responded "him... it?"
In my mind I hadn't really thought about it before. I mean, how does a GQ person identify oneself? The English language has no word for an "other" as far as genders go. Right now I'm reminded of an alien race in C.J. Cherryh's "Pride of Chanur" books that use the word, "sto" in reference to their (I believe) third gender (or genderlessness.)
I just go with the male for the ease of it. I am in a male vessel. The few times when I do examine myself on a purely inner-spiritual-type, I do tend to vie towards having a cloaca. Of coarse that's most likely the "dragon" me coming through, so I guess that's why it feels more natural.
This might be why I do still feel some confusion from time to time about what I am supposed to be. I do feel that the external genitalia tend be more of a target than a necessity, I can also see the attraction though.
Perhaps if both genders appeared similar on the outside, some prejudices and nastiness would not be as prevalent? I realise the naivete of that statement, but is it not worth thinking about?
In my mind I hadn't really thought about it before. I mean, how does a GQ person identify oneself? The English language has no word for an "other" as far as genders go. Right now I'm reminded of an alien race in C.J. Cherryh's "Pride of Chanur" books that use the word, "sto" in reference to their (I believe) third gender (or genderlessness.)
I just go with the male for the ease of it. I am in a male vessel. The few times when I do examine myself on a purely inner-spiritual-type, I do tend to vie towards having a cloaca. Of coarse that's most likely the "dragon" me coming through, so I guess that's why it feels more natural.
This might be why I do still feel some confusion from time to time about what I am supposed to be. I do feel that the external genitalia tend be more of a target than a necessity, I can also see the attraction though.
Perhaps if both genders appeared similar on the outside, some prejudices and nastiness would not be as prevalent? I realise the naivete of that statement, but is it not worth thinking about?